Living in the Light of Eternity!

(You will find it helpful to LISTEN to the Audio, as you READ the text below.)

 

"Show me, O LORD, my life's end and the number of my days; let me know how fleeting my life is." Psalm 39:4-5

 

Richard Baxter:

"This life was not intended to be the place of our rest. Let us live as strangers and pilgrims, longing for a better country."

"You have no time but what is given to you by God, and it is given to you to use for Him."

"Live as men who must shortly die, and as men who must live forever."

 

Thomas Boston:

"Since time is so uncertain, we must live every day as if it were our last.
 When we lie down at night, we do not know if we shall rise in the morning."

 

Thomas Brooks:

"The world is but a great inn where we are to lodge a night, and to be gone in the morning. Oh, that we would consider this, that we might sit loose from all things below, and use the world as travelers use their inns."

"Eternity is at the door! Let us not dream away our time in the pursuit of vanities."

 

Jonathan Edwards:

"Time is far more precious than money, and yet there is nothing that is so much wasted, as time."

"Resolved, never to do anything which I should be afraid to do if it were the last hour of my life."

 

John Flavel:

"God has set eternity in our hearts, yet how often do we foolishly barter it away for momentary pleasures!"

"Man's life is a shadow, a dream, a flower, a vapor. It is but a moment between the cradle and the grave."

 

William Gurnall:

"Time is a rich treasure; see that you do not spend it unprofitably.
 Redeem it, because it is precious.
 Redeem it, because it is short."

 

John Owen:

"God has given us a short time here upon the earth, and we must give account for how we have spent it."

"Consider the shortness and uncertainty of time, and the eternity that is to come. Do not set your hearts on fleeting things."

 

Thomas Manton:

"It is folly to set our hearts upon that which is so uncertain, and to neglect that which is eternal."

"Live as if you were presently to die, and as if the day of judgment were at hand."

 

Samuel Rutherford:

"Do not build your nest here on earth.
 Set your heart on Heaven; let it be your home and treasure."

 

Thomas Watson:

"Eternity to the godly is a day that has no sunset.
 Eternity to the wicked is a night that has no sunrise."

"Live in the world as a traveler in an inn, whose home is in another country."

"Time is short,
 death is certain,
 and eternity is long.
Live as if you are on the brink of Heaven."

"Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom." Psalm 90:12

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We have published Anne Steele's comforting poem, "When I Survey Life's Varied Scene".